Jeff Kinney

Greg starts a middle school and asks: Whys "bullies" such a big PROBLEM? And says people need to shave twice a day.

— Jeff Kinney

I can't divorce myself from my childhood. I try to write as much fiction as I possibly can, but there are so many things that are touchstones of my childhood like being on the swim team and playing soccer and the particularities of sports season and environments that make their way into my books.

— Jeff Kinney

I had a very normal, very typical American childhood. My father worked for the government at the Pentagon and my mother was an educator, so we had a very average upbringing, but that's helped me in my writing because I'm writing about ordinary things.

— Jeff Kinney

I'll be famous one day, but for now I'm stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons." - Greg Heffley,

— Jeff Kinney

I'm basically one of the best people I know.

— Jeff Kinney

I'm not really sure what makes a book a 'classic' to begin with, but I think it has to be at least fifty years old and some person or animal has to die at the end.

— Jeff Kinney

I think if everyone would write down the funny stories from their own childhoods, the world would be a better place.

— Jeff Kinney

I think it's important for me to keep my childhood friends so that later on someone can appreciate how far I've come.

— Jeff Kinney

I’ve realized is that every time you get something cool for your birthday or for Christmas, within a week it’s being used against you. (We'll be taking this away until your English grade improves)

— Jeff Kinney

Monkeys can't talk, stupid!

— Jeff Kinney